28 February: Persuasive Essays- read "Carry Your Own Skis" and "Libraries Face Sad Chapter". Write a response paragraph for each. 1 March: Speeches- read and listen to "I Have a Dream" (audio: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm ) and FDR's "First Inaugural" (audio http://www.hpol.org/fdr/inaug/). Write a speech on a topic that matters to you. Use the writing help in your textbook on p544. 2 March: Read Chief Dan George's speech on p1100 and Nelson Mandela's speech on 1105. Analyze what impact their backgrounds have on their speeches. 3 March: Read a sample editorial. Write your own. Use the sources in your textbook p536, 542 4 March: News Stories- read and analyze the class sample. Find your own and distinguish between fact and opinion.
7 March: Read essays presenting different viewpoints on English as a National Language.
Philosophical Chair debate on FOR or AGAINST. 8 March: Read "The Ignored Lesson of Anne Frank" and highlight the arguments. 9 March: 12P DISMISSAL DAY Finish "The Ignored Lesson of Anne Frank" and write a response to it. 10 March: Assessment review.
Goal 3
28 February: Persuasive Essays- read "Carry Your Own Skis" and "Libraries Face Sad Chapter". Write a response paragraph for each.1 March: Speeches- read and listen to "I Have a Dream" (audio: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm ) and FDR's "First Inaugural" (audio http://www.hpol.org/fdr/inaug/). Write a speech on a topic that matters to you. Use the writing help in your textbook on p544.
2 March: Read Chief Dan George's speech on p1100 and Nelson Mandela's speech on 1105. Analyze what impact their backgrounds have on their speeches.
3 March: Read a sample editorial. Write your own. Use the sources in your textbook p536, 542
4 March: News Stories- read and analyze the class sample. Find your own and distinguish between fact and opinion.
7 March: Read essays presenting different viewpoints on English as a National Language.
8 March: Read "The Ignored Lesson of Anne Frank" and highlight the arguments.
9 March: 12P DISMISSAL DAY Finish "The Ignored Lesson of Anne Frank" and write a response to it.
10 March: Assessment review.
- you can choose any program to complete your project in (moviemaker, animoto, PowerPoint, Publisher, Prezi, Extranormal)
- your project should explain the different types of non fiction we've studied in Goals 1, 2 and 3
- your project should give examples of the different types of non fiction we've studied in Goals 1, 2 and 3
11 March: Goal 3 Assessment